Neonatal: Golden Hour

The goal of the MSPQC Golden Hour Project is to improve the morbidity and mortality outcomes for high-risk premature infants born in Mississippi through use of systematic evidence-based better practices in the critical first hours of life.

Objective:
Maximize resuscitative management of high risk neonates in first hour of life.

Primary MSPQC Golden Hour state AIMS for the initial phase:

By December of 2016, 70% of high-risk deliveries will include the use of a delivery room pre-resuscitation checklist with briefing prior to delivery.

By December of 2016, 70% of high-risk deliveries will be followed by a structured team debriefing utilizing the post-resuscitation checklist following the delivery.

By December of 2016, 70% of high-risk deliveries will be followed by family communication from the delivering staff within 2 hours of infant delivery.

By December of 2016, 80% of delivered high-risk newborns will have a temperature between 36.0 and 37.5 degrees Celsius upon admission to the NICU.